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On January 26, 2026 Feb 02 Open Add/Drop deadline – After this date students must obtain permission from all instructors to enroll in courses. On February 2, 2026 Feb 09 3rd Monday – Spring Term – Last day upon which undergraduates may drop or add any course without a fee. On February 9, 2026 Feb 11 May Degree Application Opens On February 11, 2026 Feb 16 University Holiday: Presidents’ Day. On February 16, 2026 Feb 23 Spring Term – 5th Monday – Deadline to add or drop a course. On February 23, 2026 Mar 13 Declaration of Concentration due for third semester students. On March 13, 2026 Mar 14 Spring Recess. (3/14/2026 – 3/22/2026) On March 14, 2026 Mar 18 Fall 2026 – FAS Crimson Cart opens. On March 18, 2026 Mar 18 Final degree applications for May Candidates due, including… On March 18, 2026 Apr 01 Fall 2026 – Course Registration begins for continuing students. On April 1, 2026 Apr 06 11th Monday – Spring Full Term – Last day upon which students may withdraw from a spring term course. On April 6, 2026 Apr 15 Fall 2026 – Course Registration Deadline for continuing students. On April 15, 2026 Apr 21 Course Evaluation (Q Guide) opens. On April 21, 2026 Apr 27 Deadline for First Years to Report an Advising Conversation On April 27, 2026 Apr 29 Last day of spring term classes. On April 29, 2026 Apr 30 Reading Period. (4/30/2026 – 5/6/2026) On April 30, 2026 May 07 Final Examination Period. (5/7/2026 – 5/16/2026) On May 7, 2026 May 18 Course Evaluation (Q Guide) closes. On May 18, 2026 May 25 All Grades Released. On May 25, 2026 May 25 University Holiday: Memorial Day. On May 25, 2026 May 28 Commencement On May 28, 2026 Jun 19 University Holiday: Juneteenth. On June 19, 2026 Jul 03 University Holiday: Independence Day (observed Friday the 3rd). On July 3, 2026 Past Events Jul 04 University Holiday: Independence Day On July 4, 2025 Jun 19 University Holiday: Juneteenth On June 19, 2025 May 29 Commencement On May 29, 2025 May 26 University Holiday: Memorial Day. On May 26, 2025 May 26 All Grades Released. On May 26, 2025 May 18 “Peace:” 29th Annual Harvard India Poetry Meeting On May 18, 2025 at 2:00 pm May 10 Mira Nair | Woman of the Year On May 10, 2025 at 5:00 pm May 08 Spring Final Examination Period. (5/8/2025 – 5/17/2025) On May 8, 2025 May 05 An Extraordinary Journey The First Chinese Art Student To Visit Twentieth-century India On May 5, 2025 at 5:00 pm May 01 Reaching the Uncanny Antipodes: Southeast Asian Translationscapes and the Foreclosure of the West in Siam’s Early Translations of Orientalist Literature On May 1, 2025 at 12:00 pm May 01 Reading Period. (5/1/2025 – 5/7/2025) On May 1, 2025 Apr 30 A Utopian Farming Community in Siam (1895-96): Miyazaki Tōten’s Revolutionary Imaginary On April 30, 2025 at 12:30 pm Apr 30 Brave Conversations – GSAS Grad Student Appreciation Event On April 30, 2025 at 12:00 pm Apr 30 Last Day of Spring Full Term classes. On April 30, 2025 Apr 29 From the Palace to the Botanical Gardens: Food, Caffeine, and Cultivation in India and Indonesia On April 29, 2025 at 5:00 pm Apr 28 Visitas: SAS Open House On April 28, 2025 at 12:00 pm Apr 25 The Real in the Ruins: ʿAttar’s Poetry as a Response to Islamic Intellectual History On April 25, 2025 at 5:00 pm Apr 24 “Reassessing Qarakhanid Funerary Architecture: Portals, Patronage, and Shaping Royal Identity in Pre-Mongol Central Asia” –AKPIA Lecture Series On April 24, 2025 at 6:00 pm Apr 24 “The Nature of Commodity Frontiers” April 24-26 On April 24, 2025 Apr 24 Anthropology & History – 2-day Symposium On April 24, 2025 Apr 23 “The Sūtra on Gravity of Retribution for Transgression of Precepts: A Short Text on the Hellish Torment Awating Monks and Nuns Who Break the Rules” — HBSF On April 23, 2025 at 5:30 pm Apr 22 Illuminate: Contextualizing Asian American Women’s Stories through the Archives Opening Event On April 22, 2025 at 4:00 pm Apr 21 Where is my Home? Subordinate Storylines in Narratives of Water- and Forest- Themed Filipino/Thai/Bahasa Storybooks and Discourses of Exile On April 21, 2025 at 5:00 pm Apr 18 Mittal Institute Annual Symposium On April 18, 2025 Apr 17 Harish C. Mahindra Evening: The Mittal Institute’s 15-Year Journey to Increase Harvard’s Presence in Asia On April 17, 2025 at 6:30 pm Apr 16 SAS Graduate Student Colloquium – Pariroo Rattan On April 16, 2025 at 5:30 pm Apr 16 Indigenous Narrative: The Dynamic Biographies of gShen-rab Mi-bo, Founder of the Tibetan Bon Religion On April 16, 2025 at 11:30 am Apr 16 Boundless Weaving: Buddhist Visual Culture in a Tibetophone World, 9th to 13th Century – Dissertation Defense On April 16, 2025 at 11:00 am Apr 16 Fall 2025: Course Registration Deadline for Returning Students. On April 16, 2025 Apr 14 Gender, Marginalization & Media Advocacy for Change On April 14, 2025 at 6:00 pm Event Lecture Series Harvard Oriental Lecture Series Harvard Oriental Lecture Serie Sangam Tamil Lecture Series
